While the title of today’s post might sound like the title of a very interesting term paper for an English Lit major, it is not. It is far less serious than that.

First, I’d like to point out that according to our statistics program, the top 3 countries that read this webcomic are the US, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates. The internet is a surprising and wonderful thing! So hello, Dubai, hope you’re enjoying!

Second, who remembers that great Sci-Fi show that ran in the ’90’s, Mystery Science Theater 3000? We all loved Joel and Mike and their zany talking robots, trapped in space and mercilessly forced to watch awful B-rated flicks that would make Ed Wood cringe in pain. Who doesn’t love a good viewing of Night of the Lepus, or Hercules Versus the Moon Men, after all? Especially with expert comedy commentary in the background.

Well, if you were a fan, you should know that Mr. Nelson and his band of merry men are far from done with their critical comical anaylsis of bad movies. They’ve started their own side program called Rifftrax, which are companion commentaries for the PC that you play overtop of a DVD. They run around $3 a piece and they are for all kinds of modern movies these days. I highly recommend any of the new Star Wars trilogy which I had the pleasure (and horror) of watching the other night. If anything, their sense of humor has only gotten better from the original show.

My next news item is for anyone who steeped in the wonderful world of H.P. Lovecraft: I found (thanks to my friend Cynthia), a musical version of Shadow Over Innsmouth. And I have had this song stuck in my head on loop for a week straight. If you don’t know what’s going on, read the story synopsis first.

Now I will stop abusing Wikipedia and bid you adieu for the week.

Jen

Tags: Comics, movie reviews

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